TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team closed its regular-season slate by capturing the 2021 American Athletic Conference regular-season championship, pushing its streak of seasons with a conference title to five and streak of consecutive conference titles to four.
 
The Bulls have overall captured six titles in the last five seasons, including three regular-season crowns (2018, 2020, 2021) and three tournament trophies (2017, 2019, 2020).
 
With tonight's 2-0 win over Temple, the Bulls also earned hosting rights for the AAC Tournament semifinals (Nov. 4) and finals (Nov. 7) as well as a first-round bye.
 
USF's offense came out strong in the first half and earned the lead quickly with Rosalia Muino Gonzalez (Coruna, Spain) scoring her first goal of the season on a penalty-kick in the 19^th minute.
 
The Bulls kept up the pressure to close the frame, outshooting Temple 7-2 in the opening 45 minutes, but didn't score again and took the one-goal lead into the break.
 
USF maintained its offensive attack in the second half and, 30 minutes into the half, hit paydirt again. Meghan Cavanaugh (Clifton Park, N.Y.) scored her first goal of the season to put the Bulls up by two in the 79^th minute.
 
The Bulls kept their lead and took home the win, 2-0.
 
Notables

• USF women's soccer has now captured seven conference championships in its history, including six in The American and one in Conference USA, a regular-season title in 1998.
• Women's soccer now holds the second-longest streak of years with a conference championship at five. Men's golf holds the department record, winning Sun Belt Championships in 11 straight seasons from 1979-1989.
• Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.) posted her third consecutive shutout and sixth of the season.

 
Up Next
USF hosts the final two rounds of the conference tournament. The Bulls will play on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at Corbett Stadium against the winner of SMU-ECU (Oct. 31). The other semifinals game will be between Houston and the winner of Memphis-UCF (Oct. 31) at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The AAC Tournament Championship game will be played on Nov. 7 at 12 p.m on ESPNews.
 
About USF Women's Soccer
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The USF women's soccer team has posted eight consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins and nine in the last 10 years under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. South Florida has won four consecutive conference championships, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018 and 2020. The program had its first draft pick and second-highest pick in USF Athletics history with Evelyne Viens being taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft by Sky Blue FC, now Gotham FC.

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